Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary defends switch to digital boarding passes

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary (Brian Lawless/PA)

It is “patronising” to suggest older people will not migrate to digital boarding passes, Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has said.

The airline said it will move to 100% digital boarding passes from Wednesday November 12, in a move that will mean passengers will no longer be able to download and print a physical paper boarding pass but will instead need to use the digital boarding pass generated in the Ryanair app.